Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1887-02-05
NORTHWESTERN ITEMS.
DAKOTA

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Deadwood has a coon dive and the papers
advocate its suppression.
A coal famine is said to be prevailing along
the Northwestern in Dakota.
The organization Of q stock board at Dead
wood is progressing splendidly.
Seven or eight feet OF snow is reported at
many places I'm the Black Hills country.
Judge Thomas fined three jurors at Rapid
City last week for being late at roll call.
A well digger at Bridgewater struck an
abundance of mica at a depth of IS feet.
No trains have arrived at Minnewaukan, on
the jamestown IL Northern road, for ten days.
The long iron bridge at Bismarck contracts
and expands eleven inches by the heat and
cold.
Canton prohlbitionists still have confidence
that the saloons will be closed after February
lst.
Eden will erect a $1,000 elevator in the
spring. 1t will have a capacity OF 10000
bushels.
One Of the oldest citizens OF Hanson coun-
ty predicts that farmers will be sowing wheat
In February.
The Black Hills are making a move for The
location of an insane asylum in that corner Of
the territory.
Rev. Mr.. Walton, Of Brookings county, is to
become pastor of the Congregational church
at Highmorc.
Since the town Of Bowdle was organized six
months ago s72, 900 has been expended in i'm
provements.
A fourteen-year resident of Bismarck saws
the present winter is unquestionably the cold
est In all that time.
George Carroll, a freight brakeman on the
Milwaukee had his leg broken in two places
by falling of the train.
The Fargo roller mills have shipped since
January l IN average of 800 barrels Of flour
per day to New York.
There were about $50 cars loaded with west
bound freight In the Northern Pacific yards at
Fargo one night recently.
On Saturday night the artesian well at
Highmore was down 1900 feet, and water
over the top of the piping.
Frank Kobes was arrested at Scotland Fri
day charged with completely in the fraudulent
practices OF Omals, preyiousl arrested at
Mitchell.
Deadwood now exacts a liberal fee from all
classes OF shows, and claims to be the best
point in the Hills for the location of an in
sane asylum.
The annual cncampment Of the G.. A. Il.
men of the territory will be held at James
town IL March. 1t is definitely expected that
1000 will attend.
Young Noyes, a member OF the firm OF
Boyce & Noyes, Sioux Falls, is to go to Wash
ington soon and take a position on the Even
ing Star in that city.
Rapid City boasts with much vain pride on
the finely furnished and elegantly fitted sa-
looms. "And musicians uneXcelled anywhere
are employed to entertain callers"
Last week 500 additional patent were re
ceived at the United States land Office at
Fargo, making about 1000 patents received
In the office since December 1, 1886.
Rapid City has sold $4,000 worth of bonds
voted to reimburse donors Of lands TO the
railway company and to pay all damages,
rights of-ways, ETC., for the company.
A letter from a railroad official TO a citizen
of Castalia, would make It seem pretty nigh
AtI all thhb WiAhih a 1N1a ~ hch jas "H'
be a daily visitor to Charles Mix county.
The expenditures of the last session Of the
Dakota legislature, exclusive Of the amount
paid by the general government for per diem
and mileage of members, etc, foot up S21,
2l7.71.
Charles Thomas, an unfortunate ranchman
OF pcadwood. was before the board of insan-
ity on the Goth inst, and after thorough ex-
animation was ordered to the insane asylum
at Yankton.
In the approaching spring election at Yank.-
ton 1t Is reported there is a decided DISPOSE
ton to ignore politics, religion, prohibition
and anti-prohibition, and make business ca
pacity the test for office.
There Is a prospect OF the biggest immigra-
tion to the territory In the coming spring
ever known before, judging from the number
OF inquiries received at the office of the com
missioner of immigration.
Mike Kelly, conductor on the Hastings Il
Dakota division, was seriously injured near
Aberdeen last week. He slipped and was
blown from the cars while going at forty-fye
miles per hour. He will recover.
The frost has cracked the cement on the ar
tesian well at Mitchell, and the water has had
TO be let out. An engineer who can construct
a reservoir that will stand the cold climate of
Dakota has to understand his business.
the aforesaid hotel. The young man who
perpetrated the joke cannot be found, al
though Constable Brad Woods has complete
" exhausted his detective powers with that
view. The original OF the portrait and pro-
prietor OF the hotel is In n elk"
During the last quarter the Aberdeen land
Office transacted the following business: -Four
hundred and forty five original entries, repre-
senting 10000. 76 acres, and $50 final entries,
representing s 1892 scres; the receipts dur
ing this time being Sl05, 126.45.
Twelve new actions have been begun by
Highmore parties against the Chicago and
Northwestern Railway company, and eight
judgments taken. The most OF these are for
damages sustained by fire alleged to have been
started by the negligence of the defendant
several years ago. This makes iifty-nine judg-
ments with f~fty-one Of these appealed to the
district court, and In all sixty-three standing
cases, with five to be added that have been dis